Nur-Sultan vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$729	$334
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1730	$809
🏠 One person rent	$362	$119
🏘️ Family rent	$623	$193
🍽️ Food expenses	$247	$136
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.9	$40.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$598	$113
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	42	47
😀 Quality of life	68	43
🏙️ Population	1.08M	1.97M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 118% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 6947th and 9121st ($729 vs $334) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 21st in Kazakhstan and Pakistan, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 0.3 months in Peshawar. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Peshawar ranked 7th in Pakistan, while ranked 4595th and 7430th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Nur-Sultan	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.4	$2.81
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.9	$12.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.64	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.3	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$1.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$421	$84.3
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$289	$46.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$753	$155
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$512	$85.3
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.1	$54.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.7	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.24%	18.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1060	$267
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$791	$213
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.6	$7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.92	$3.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.47	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.46	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$3.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$2.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.11	$3.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.26	$1.74
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.86	$1.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.68	$0.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.3	$1.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.05	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$9.69
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.17	$3.56
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$9.9	$10.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.61	$1.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.5	$13.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83	$61.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$230	$28.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5235	$2261

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Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$486
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$575
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$685
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$522
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$529
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$530
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$520
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$786
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$506
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$495
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$618
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$681
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$510
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$675
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$909
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$548
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$446
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$763
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$468
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$802
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$813
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$563
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$754
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$480
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$762
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$445
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$743
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$962
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$501
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$745
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$787
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$613
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$884
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$525

Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$364
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$354
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$344
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$351
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$443
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$393
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$401
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$458
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$277
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$376
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$265
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$320
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$396
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$372
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$363
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$340
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$294
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$333
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$302
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$311
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$351
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$316
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$284
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$303
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$427
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$428
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$291
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$380
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$362
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$403
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$350
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$347
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$337
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684